Friday, January 20, 2017
Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' takes center stage
TribLIVE: French-Canadian singer-songwriter Richard Petit says “The Wall Theatrical Extravaganza” is much more than a rock musical or a tribute concert to the ‘60s and ‘70s English rock band Pink Floyd.
“Pink Floyd is the most covered band ever,” says Petit, of Montreal. “If you want to be one step further ahead, you have to step outside the box. That was our mindset in creating this show.”
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I'm very excited about this. Not only am I looking forward to it because I am a long time Pink Floyd fan, but because I think there's a huge potential for major artist collaboration. It seems to me kind of like The Beatles Love Cirque show meets The Beatles movie Across the Universe meets Abba's Mama Mia? It's hard to pin down as just a musical or concert or play so I really respect and appreciate the use of language and calling it a "Theatrical Extravaganza". Sets and props were only briefly mentioned towards the end of the article, but they seemed intriguing. I think it's a smart choice to use elements of the Pink Floyd film. The "extravaganza" is inspired in part by the film and I think that, if used properly and tastefully, recreating/reproducing elements that audiences might alright know or recognize can add a familiar and inviting element to art.
This show/concert has me really excited due to the fact that I am a huge Pink Floyd fan and have love the manner in which their albums tend towards that of being story albums. The Wall while not my favorite album of Pink Floyd is probably one of their most known albums both because of the album itself and the movie they made to accompany the album and I would be interested in seeing what they have used from the movies and what they staged. If they just made the show an attempt to recreate a Pink Floyd show or if they are focused more of the story of the album. If it is the latter than it will be a interesting show for me because, there are a lot of scenes that I feel are going to be extremely difficult to Show in a more theatrical sense rather than the concert performance. The main two that stick in my mind would be that of the iconic hammer march sequence and the trial scene. That being said with the fact that Pink Floyd concert being known to be incredible specticals it definitely draws my attention.
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